A Brief History of Graphic Design

Cave Art

Cuneiform

http://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.cgi

Egyptians

Text

http://penn.museum/cgi/hieroglyphsreal.php

Other Cultures

Jiahu- 6600 BCChina

mayan script

Brahman Script

Arabic Script

Greek Alphabet

Latin Alphabet

8th century, AD

Carolingian minuscule. 

Carolingian minuscule. 

Carolingian Miniscule

Italian Renaissance

The Rise of The Humanists mid-15th century

Moveable Type

Aldus Minutius

16th century France

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki6rcXvUWP0

Poster Design

Lithography

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHw5_1Hopsc&feature=related

Toulouse-Lautrec

Art Nouveau

airbrush

vintage ad browser

photomontage

logos

http://youtu.be/x3jTSB2ez-g

1912 

1923(Kodak) 

1927